Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1927, Page 58

THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, D. C. BUNDAY.......January 16, 1027 RFDDOBE W. NOYES. The Evening Star Newspaper Company Busines Ot oo en » Chicago Office. -}“lymi' ¥ g ce . Tower Building. European Office._14 Regent 81.. Londen. England. 111) t. P ew Park The Evenine Star. with the Sunday marn. Ing edition, is delivered by carriers within 'r oty at 60 centa E\‘r month: daily’ only. 45 cents per month: Su 50 cents mr month_Orders m 1 or faphons Main 5000 carrier at end of each month Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ails and Sunday. .1 sr Al 1 o5 . *r., %800 1 mo. 50c Bndas ony 012001 v 88.00: 1 ma- 280 All Other States and Canadn. aily “and Sunday..1 yr. $12.00: 1 mo.. El! only m.‘.! S RLE iflhfl I mo.. junday only . 1wr. 4.00: 1 mo.. Member of the Associated Press. Whe Associated Press is exelnsively entitied @ rthe e for republication of all news di natches credited (o it or not otherwise crad- “tad in this paper and also the local news agolished herein. AW rifhts of publication ' apacial dispatches herein are aiso reserved - — Irresponsible Criticism. % no responsible quarter is there & @ispasition to deny the right of members of Congress to criticize the foreign policles of the Government. The same indisputable right runs to the press and to individual private citizens. The right holds even in time of war, though criticism gener- ally is tempered then by the force of public - opinion. In times of peace proper criticism of foreign policies Is as necessary to national welfare as is criticism of domestic policies. It would be a time of peril to liberty if tae Government undertook to silence ongress or the press or the voice ‘of the people. But it does not follow ‘that because this rignt of criticism exists, exercise of the right may not be harmful to American interests abroad and embar- rassing to those in authority who have the sole responsibility for our intercourse .with other nations. At the best, knowledge of our form of government is meager among other peoples, and among backward peoples such knowledge may be assumed not to exist at all. When a distinguished member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives expresses his views on & subject of foreign policy there are necessarily but a few in any foreign country, even in official life, who are able to grasp the fact that his voice s not that of an authentic spokesman for the American Govern- ment. It may often happen, there- fore, that diplomatic adjustments are made more difficult by the utterances of personages who under our form of government are utterly without re- sponsibility for the protection of American interests abroad. B It probably is true that most critics, both chronic and occasional, are moved by sincerely patriotic impulses, ‘but the difficuity is that their informa- tion frequently is not as good as their intentions. For this members of Con- gress have less excuse than. possibly have the press and individual citizens. Even when it is not regarded as ‘‘com- patable with the public interest” to lay facts officially. before the Congress, individual members of the Senate and | House seldom have any difficulty in informing- thémselves at the State De- partment as to conditions in any given situation. - It after a Senator or Representative has taken the trouble to inform him- self at official sources he still feels it his duty to criticize the policy of the Government, he is not properly cen- surable for the discharge of that duty. It is criticism which is uninformed as well as irresponsible to which excep- tion properly may be taken. Criti- cism, if it is to serve a useful purpose, must be construct It 1s difficult to conceive of constructive criticism being founded upon misinformation or lack of information. i ————— There have been developed certain trends of thought which invariably suspect possibilities of oil scandal in every demonstration of trouble. e Two-Storied Streets Proposed. Renewed demonstration of the fact that the elty of Washington has been outgrown by its street users is af- forded by the report submitted Senator Capper, chairman of the Senate District comjmittee, by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, comprising the-findings of an expert employed by the com- mission to study conditions here. The investigator notes that while trafic congestion is now acute in ‘Washington, an increase of such volume may he expected as to point to the necessity of a broad scheme of reorganization, and he proposes three genera: methods to be considered for handling the traffic volume of the future. These proposals are, first, a new arrangement of existing transit lines and the differentiation .of street use; second, establishment of an extensive system of one-way streets; third, double-decking of certain #treets, particularly in the area bounded generally by F, B, Fifteenth and Ninth streets. It f& undenfable that this city is at the point of congestion which de- mands remedial action. It is plain to any observer that despite the al- most ideal layout of thoroughfares Washington's business has become congested to a degree that requires relief. The widening of certain of the streets of this city has afforded some aid. Adoption of the bus as & means of urban transportation has lessened the congestion on the street ear lines and avoided the necessity of laying down new lines of traffic. But the busses themselves add to the trafe congestion. The parking problem has hecome acute. The through-way of even the widened streets Is restricted by standing cars. In practically none of the downtown streets, where the traffic is heaviest, is a full use of the thoroughfare pos- eible, a strip from six to twelve feet in width being cut off on either side by standing vehicles. The double-decking of the streets of Washington suggested In this re- port is hardly to be considered &5 2 A to £0.00: 1mo., 7he! 'fen!lhle solution of the problem, however acute it may be. Subways are not proposed by the commission's expert investigator, though they have heretofore heen considered as pos- sible means of relief, Such subways have been advocated in the past for the use of car lines, but inasmuch a8 a feeling prevails that eventually the tracked lines of transit may be completely displaced by busses this plan has lost in favor and appears now to be regarded as needless. Yet it is evident from the commission’s investigator's study that the super- ficial area“of the streets is not suf- fielent for the traffic of the future, and he proposes an airway rather than a subway method of granting additional space. It would be far preferable to go underground than overhead in search of more travel space, great as the cost and inconvenience of tunneling might be. The double-decked street would he darkened and actually ob- structed by the structure of the ele- vated roadway. The city would be disfigured permanently. As for the rerouting of transit lines it must he borne in mind that new track lines are distinctly out of harmony with the trend of transpor- tation development. Betterments may be possible in the routing of the cars existing lines. These changes could be effected hest through the consolidation of the two traction systems under a single own- ership and operation. That Is alto- gether likely to come soon. It is probable that attention will be con- centrated upon this method with the possibility of a clearance of the streets for a fuller use by moving vehicles rather than upon any change of levels, an expedient of heavy cost and doubtful effectiveness. .- A Strange Hint From London. There is a cryptic hint of something very mysterious in a report just re ceived from London of an attack made by a band of men upon a not explorer In the course of a motor trip in England. The news story in its de- tails would seem to describe an ordi- nary hold-up on the road, the motoring party being stopped and asked to go to the aid of a seriously injured per- son, and then assaulted. But the prin- cipal victim of the outrage is quoted as saying: “Something very serious took place; what happened was so seri- ous that every meotor car was stopped ‘hroughout the whole of southern Eng- land.” This suggests the use of a strange force such as novelists have described in their “thrillers” as a future de- velopment of science. The idea of a radio control of mechanism cutting off all power has been played with by the fiction writers. Strange rays have been exploited. The hint given by the explorer after his painful experience in an English lane of a power-control- ling force may be the product of an upset imagination induced by excite- ment. But there is enough in the sug- gestion to set England agog with won- der. Radio is not vet measured as to its potentialities. Much has’ been done toward guiding small craft by means of the etheric waves and power has been transmitted to motors at con- siderable distance ‘from the source of energy. It is not beyond the realm of possibility that a radio wave can be employed to throw motors out of commission. To deny such a thing is to refute the experiences of the past tew years, during which wonders have been worked that & short time earlier would have seemed supsgnormal. It is with a feeling of some uneasi- ness that one contemplates the pos- sibility of a malevolént influence utilizing a giant force for the. stop: page of all mechanical motion over & wide radius. Paralysis of the transpor- tation power, complete stoppage of com- munication, perhaps the turning off of all illumination after nightfall would lie within the range of this malevo- lent influence. If ‘this strange hint from London is anvthing more than the vagary of an excited man it may be the first note of an astounding d velopment of this character. vt “The Mexicans are a happy, song- loving people, on whom the stress of poverty does not fall heavily. Nature produces abundantly and with com- paratively small labor required. Such a country affords but a poor culture medium for any germ of bolshevistic discontent. on o maoma A screen star sometimes shows too much hunger for professional noto- riety and too little care for his repu- tation as a private citize — s A Vile Traffic. The District Commissioners are studying ‘the law to determine their powers in the matter of regulating the sale of periodicals and other publications in this city to prevent the circulation of obscene, salacious and immoral prints. There is some doubt as to their authority in this matter. 1t may be necessary to secure from Congress legislation specifically placing under regulation the vendors of printed materials, per- haps under a license which may be revoked in case of an abuse of the privilege. It is possible at present only to prosecute a dealer for the offense of vending obscene and immoral matter. Recently a case was made in Police Court on this charge, the dealer acknowledging his offense and taking his punishment. While he will prob. ably hereafter conform to the law in respect to salacious and debasing prints, there is no guarantee of a clean-up in consequence of this ex- ample and cases must be made in dividually as offenders are caught ‘either in the act of dispensing this demoralizing stuff or in possession of it when their premiges are searched under warrant. A licensing law, if properly framed, would give the authorities power to ban from further activity any dealer who sells improper material. It is THE SUNDAY under cover of which he may sur- reptitiously vend these debaging prints and pictures. . It is an outrage upon the public decency that such a traffic should exist. Specification of the nature of these materials is impossible. They can only be described as of the most shocking character, and they are not only within the reach of the young people of Washington, but are actually thrust upon them by vendors who have no compunctions about poliuting them for the sake of a few pennies of profit. Whatever authority the Com- missioners require to put an end to this villainous trade should be granted promptly by Congress upon request. Shocking Reforms in Turkey. Kemal Pasha, greatly as he may be admired as a leader of men and an efficient administrator, seems bent upon taking much of the color out of life in the Near East by his re- form methods. The prefect of Con- stantinople, acting doubtless under or- ders from Angora, has just proclaimed a ban against advertisements or any other form of public announcements containing mistakes in spelling or grammar. He has also ordered shop- keepers to simplify their signs and to confine them strictly to explicit statements. Travelers in the Near East will re- gret this limitation upon the imagina- tive powers of the merchants. Even though they cannot read the language, they are greatly edified by translations furnished them by guides and friends. The hyperbole of the Oriental vendors is one of the joys of life in that land. No prosaic straight-to-the-point procla- mation of wares and services for them. Poetical elaboration is the very breath of trade in the Moslem realm. And as for misspelling, it may be asked If the Near Eastern tradesman iz any more liberal than are some of his Western brethren in business? Or- thography is not rigidly respected in this country in trade proclamations. Orthographic oddities appear in type and paint on all sides, some of them deliberate, some unintentional. For example, the good old simple word “shop™ has almost been displaced by a longer and clumsier title, There are other examples. Cutting down the extravagance of sign language in Turkey may have its serious consequences. It may lead to the banning of all bartering, to the establishment of the “fixed price” principle. That would be a shocking departure from age-old custom. For arguments over prices are part of the joy of shopping in those lands. Bu ing goods is an adventure, not a mers transaction; a colorful, vivid experi- ! ence and not a cold-blooded trade. Let Kemal mind his step in these changes lest he go too far. His passion for truth may cause him more trouble than any foreign complication. ————— Judge Landis as “ozar of base ball" has his difficulties, but his job beats that of czar of the movies. Will Hays, once a comparatively innocent poli- tician, is compelied to take on a heavy burden of worldly wisdom as to the ways of iniquit — rwt————— America {s go rich and prosperous that it is difficult to find a candidate whose friends and relations are all so poor as to refuse to put up money for him. ——r———————— Practical jokers who introduce fake clues into murder mysteries belong to a new type of humanity, so strange that even the police scarcely know how to deal with it. — et A Mexican statesman is expected to speak fluently on religion, local politics and international diplomacy, but also to have decisive opinions on the next bulifight. ——————— Ma Ferguson has stood for liberty to the extent of letting as many per- sons as possible out of jail. o Money lavishly used In elections is not valued as an evidence of national prosperit; r—or—s SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. February. February! Howdy do! Sort o’ playin’ peek-a-boo. Here's a sunbeam smilin’ fair On a sunbeam over there! Daylight's lingerin’ along. Thought T heard a robin's song! Fancled that a flash drew nigh Like a wanderin’ butterfly! Fiercely sounds the Winter blast. Skies again are overcast— Then the sunshine glints anew, Sort o' playin' peek-a-boo! An Oratorical Sport. “Why don’t you talk oftener over the radio?” “I can't get over my old sporting inclinations,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “I hate to enjoy an advantage. A microphone can’t talk back or throw anything.” None Left. “I will not use tobacco,” Said little Robert Reed. “My mother and my sisters now Monopolize the weed.” y Jud Tunkins says he belongs to the class of people who believe there can’t be anything wrong with base ball ex- cept when the home team loses. “Dreams,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “sometimes come true; and often inspire other dreams by the wish that they hadn't.” Self-Effacement. “A young man left this binch of flowers, and said he wouldn't disturb you.” ts just as well” said Miss Cayenne. “He must be very young, indeed.” Peace and War. The Dove of Peace Is in despair, With no release From constant ca known that there is a traMic in the most abgminable prlll(l and publica- tions in this city, with children as purghasers. There is no adequate punishment for such an offense, but at the least a dealer who engages in this vile trade should be barred from {further pursuit of & line pf business b Though nations great Would fain go right, The small ones state They want to fight. “Dey puts polson in alcohol," said Uncle Eben, * 'sted o' findin’ a way to take It oul™ STAR.. WASHINGTON, STIRRING THE CITY, St Matthew. xxi.10, “All the ¢ Ve sabni. wo s hips The most complex thing..in. our modern life is the city. Within its confines are generatéd those forces that largely make or unmake the principles and ideals of the Nation. While the Broad country-side still holds a conspicuous . place in main- taining the wholesome life of our people, it, too, is more and more af- fected by what goes on in the streets of the city. It would he quite ‘safe to say that our ever-increasing metro- politan centers generate and set for- ward that determining factor in our corporate life which we call public opinion. revolves about Its great centers, To address ourselves to municipal prob- lems means very largely to solve the less complex problems of the open countryside. When Jesus walked ameng men He seemed to be frresistibly drawn to the capital of His nation. Kepeatedly He went up to Jerusalem, beginning with His memorahle v when. He accompanied Joseph and Mary, His mother, in His early youth. When the time for His active and aggressive ministry ‘came it was again to Jeru- salem He turned, and. indeed, it was in His attempt 'to cleanse the temple precincts of their nefarious practices that He Incurred the lasting hatred of the ruling powers. During the clostng days of His life, In spite of earnest protests from His disciples, “He set His face to go up to Jeru: salem.” Full well He knew what was to be the issue of this visit, but He would close His mighty ministry in the very center in.which He had begun it. This jast visit is touched with pathos and tragedy. Entering the ghtes of the capital at a time when great throngs were on it streets, He was loudly hailed as the coming liberator. Wholly misund standing the purport of His minist the people seemed to see in Him one who was to restore the early splendors of the kingdom. Apart from the ruling classes He was passionately claimed as a deliverer. As He pro- ceeded through the streets with their crowded throngs “all the city was moved, saving: ‘Who is this? " It seemed little short of a triumphal entry, and for the moment it ap- peared as if an uprising of the people was to result in breaking the shackles that bound them to Rome. It proved to be hut a superficial and shallow response to One whose words and deeds had for the moment caught The worldls history largely | D. O, JANUARY 16, 1927-—-PART 2. W EVERYDAY RELIGION BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D., LL. D, Bishop of Washington. the imagination of the multitude. It ‘was but a passing wave of popular favor that was presently to lapse into violent demands for His execu- tion. As Phillip Brooks said, ‘'Each man According to his own nature answered to the coming of Christ.” From that eventful day down to the present, the ideals of life that Jesus came to interpret and inculcate have been brought to the multitude in our thromging city streets. Now and again, under the impulse of some spectacular and thrilling movement, the imagination. of the people has been challenged and a superficial re- sponse heen given to His claims. Periodically, we witness a rising tide of favor for this supreme personality and His teachings. only to see it dis- sipated and destroyed by the world's chilling cynicism or its cold indif ference. The very swiftness of the city's currents and the excess of color in its life, together with its sharp competitions -and - struggle for exist- ence, check its response to the higher elatms of Christ’s ministry, and render it immune to His great appeal. In spite of these conditions more and more His gospel of life must be brought to bear upon the surging problems that confront us on every hand. * It no place. is loneliness more manifest than in the crowded streets of the city.. In no place does: vice display itself more arrogantly, and in no place does selfishness reign so supreme. Notwithstanding its glam- our and itd appeal. to.the senses, the eity witnesses to dissillusionment and ‘to despair, as well as to. those hard and severe classifications that diyide and sezregate fts peoples into groups and classes. ~The forces. ft generatés “are largely ~divistve. It needs that which shall touch its life with freshened enthusiasm and com- pel its scattered elements to find their unity in some supreme ideal. If Jesus sought the congested haunts of men in Jerusalem, shall we not helieve He is seeking again today to reach the hearts of men and to bring solution to the problems that vex and distress them? If our cities are to be rendered clean and wholesome, if our children are to be guaranteed those things that make for their health and hap- piness, then His presence must again he heralded, Hi# precepts honored, and His word obeved. Ifis message is eternally new and His conquering love still wooes With irresistible power. He is the hope of our world today. - NCREASING USE OF COTTON BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. In their efforts to relieve in a measure the situation created by the overproduction of cotton with a re- sultant demoralization of cotton prices, manufacturers have beeh en- deavoring In every way possible to create a wider demand for cotton fabrics. To this end they are giv- ing especial attention to the prob- lem of making cotton fabrics more attractive, They want American women to use: cotton as extensively as they have come to use silk, and their sell- ing experience has convinced them, they say, that they cannot expect to do this until they have produced cotton fabres that will arrest the feminine eye and gratify the feminine desire for goods that is soft and clinging and that conveys to the wearer a feeling of luxury and com- fort. In short, it has been made evi- dent that the American woman will wear silk until she finds something that she likes better. One of the notable accomplish- ments in this direction is the com- paratively recent development of celanese, a fabric that looks Jike silk, feels like silk and, it is claimed, wears like silk, along with posses ing some desirable qualities that silk does not possess. Among the last is its price. In fits various uses milady can be clothed entirely in celanese from the cloche that crowns her head to the toes'of her hose. Cellulose Also Used for Celanese. The manufacture of celanese yarn also starts with "'"l"..{“ but instead of proceeding immediately with its solution and regeneration, the cel- Iulose {8 put through a lengthy chemi- cal process which changes its nature entirely and converts it into an en- tirely different chemical substance, cellulose acetate. It {s this substance which is ultimately transformed into the new yarn, which differs funda mentally in chemieal composition from any of the varieties of rayon, making its properties as a textile yarn wholly dissimilar from those of rayon. For instance, celanese is not dyed with the dyes used for rayon or cotton, because by reason of its dif- ferent chemical compasition it has no affinity for those dyes. Special dyes, therefore, had to be developed, and these colors dye celanese and will not dye cotton or rayon. The chemical nature of celanese also gives to the yarn a very high resistance to water sand acid, it is claimed. A test of the effect of sea water on all the known textile fibers proved that while every other fiber was completely disintegrated at vari- ous periods up to one month's im- mersion, the celanese fiber after six months’ immersion had no marine growths on it, nor had it suffered an appreciable loss In strength. This quality, it is believed, opens up to celanese a big field in the lingerie and other trades the products of which must be subjected to repeated wash- ings, and its resistance to acid enables perspiration-proof fabric to be made from the yarn. Another plvsical property induced by ita chemical composition is the high elasticity of the yarn, which gives to fabrics woven from it the soft, silklike feel Impossible to ob- tain with any other fiber except natu- ral silk, and likewise gives celanese fabrics a length of life equal to those made from natural silk, although the actual tensile strength of natural silk is considerably higher than that of celanese. How It Helps Cotton. The new yarn helps cotton, ob- viously, because it increases consump- tion since it i€ made from cellulose, which in turn is made from cotton linters. Then, too, the yarn is used in connection with cotton in weaving a combination fabric. From a me- chanical point of view, it is claimed, celanese yarn is ideal for use in a cotton loom, and, properly handled, weaves as easily and more perfectly than cotton,. Mill men lke its uniform- | ity, for any imperfections discovered ! in goods woven in part or in whole of celanese can be traced directly to the mechanical imperfections in the loom or errors in weaving adjustment. For use with cotton one of the first things about the new yarn that appeals to the manufacturer is the advantage that can be taken of its individual dyeing properties. Cel: anese yarn cross-dyes with cotton in the same bath. A cotton-celanese mixture lends itself to an infinite num- ber of color combinations, and these combination can be had without the necessity of using the dyed yarn. Also it is‘said that the manufac- turer can weave or knit his cotton- celanese mixture and then hold it in his warehouse to be dyed to order, solid or any contrasting shades de- sired by his customers. Thus the mill man pged Aeves be gaught with thou- sands of yards of goods or hundreds of pounds of yarn dyed up in color combinations that have suddenly gone out of style, and mobility of stoek is achfeved. With the undyed fabric in his warehouse the manufacturer can always dye up quickly and ' cheaply. any portion of his stock to meet the| overchanging and often unpredictable demands of fashion. Merchants are said to find one vir- tue In the new fabric, a virtue that recommends it to them most highly, aside from the appeal it is making to shoppers, which evidences its market- ability—that is, celanese fabrics’ do not deteriorate’ on the shelves. A merchant can carry his stock almost indefinitely, knowing. that it will not hecome shopworn and fit only for the bargain counter YOUR CHILD IN SCHOOL By Dr. Frank W. Ballou, Superintendent of Schools. Washington, No. 18—Parent-Teacher Associations. Proper co-ordination of the home and the school as the two most im- portant agencies in the education of our children has always been a prob- lem of vital importance. It is of great moment to the parent and teacher, as we shall see after an analysis of the movement which is contributing so constructively to the drawing to- gether of home and school. Of all professions, that of teaching is the most closely related to the home. Other professions come into close con- tact with home life at various times, and render service of a highly per- sonal character. Their relation with the home, however, if one considers them ciosely, is vastly different than that of the teacher, to whom i signed the parents’ responsibility providing their children with the men- tal, moral and physical training neces. sary to fill a valuable place in society. It would be difficult to imagine & closer bond than that hetween per #ons who have a common task of tak- ing the impressionable youth with seemingly unlimited possiblities of de- velopment, and molding him or her into an individyal who may be the great statesman, -soldier, surgeon, churchman, jurist or educator of to- morrow. Parent and teacher have a common problem and should work side by sidc in purpose. Accordingly, they need a common knowledge of each other’s problems. We have already consid- ered how the teacher has had this necessity emphasized more and more during training, and from experience. ‘We now shall consider how the home has been brought into more intimate contact with the institution and the persons that provide formal education. In more. recent times parents and teachers have been gaining a clearer understanding of each' other's tasks and of the equipment which each has at his command. Both groups realize more clearly than ever before what | they can do for the mutual benefit of themselves and for the children whose interests must alwaye be paramount. This nilore intimate relationship has been the outgrowth largely of a movement designed to foster a mutual knowledge of problems on the part of parent and teacher. I refer to the aptly named parent-teacher move- ment. Organization in this direction has been effected and fostered by the Na- tional Congress of Parents and Teach- ers, whose national headquarters are in Washington. This body, in which membership is increasing constantly with corresponding widening activity, states as the groundwork for its pro- gram the following objectives, which, I believe, succinctly express the pur- poses of the whole movement: . To promote child welfarein home, school, church and community; to raise the standards of some life; to secure more adequate laws for the care and plotection of women and children. *2, To bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may co-operate intelligently in the training of the child; to develop between educators and the general public such united effort as will secure for every child the highest advantages in physical, mental, moral and spirit- ual education.” Thus has come about the great awakening to the fact that education begins in the home, and that if it does not start until the child enters the school, it is just that many years too late and places children under a distinet handicap. Education of chil- dren muet hegin with the parents. The teacher's function, in reality, Is [) porfance. cents, mittee Army present result coun had s 6 terms, tle of of ‘There have been something | 16,000 bills introduced this session of Congress, of which about $.000 have gone to the committee on invalid pen- slons and' approximately 1,100 to the | committee on public grounds—both of which committees are considered of rather minor Capital Sidelights tike | . Representative Richard sions since Représentative Fuller of Tilinois. Mr. Elliott has had his share of work in handling these two big batches of | bills, or more than 50 per cent of all the legislation proposed. Army ration. the appropriations are based on ratioh cost of 33 cents, propriation bill based on a 35.74-cent ration, while the hearings showed an average cost of 6.12 cents. The Navy's ration costs cents and the his bill of $2,688 Representative ocrat, of Kentucky retires frem Congress on March 4, after 20 years of consecutive service, has the distinction of longer continu- | {ous service than any other man from his State in the history of Congress, and | the only other man from Kentucky who equals his 20 years' record was Richard M. Johnson, a cousin of the grandfather—so they have kept a Congressman pretty well in the family. This record has been disclosed as the courthouse when Mr. Johnson was re- cently at his home in Bardstown. incumbent’s a Elliott of Indiana is chairman of the committee on public - buildings- and grounds and has been acting chair- man of the committee on invalid pen- the death of the !:ln So, * K kX Uncle Sam is_preparing for a new | For the current year before the House Marine Corps’ The Army ration is prescribed by executive order and has not changed in 18 years. recommended that ration should be improved both quantity put an extra item in the appropriation 9 to bring the ration up to 40-cent quality for 118,7 and quality. . i Ben Johnson, casual question at ed. was out for came ‘hack and served 4 He making 10 in all. Johnson buildings and im The 1928 ap- been The House com- the | and has Dem- who voluntar! The Judge asked what Kentuckians rved longer than Mr. and the records were sea The other Johnson, Richard M., en- tered the House in 1807 and served | . Then he vears and more terms, retired from the House on March 3, 1837, and the next day bhecame Vice President of the United States. While Richard M. member of the House (ongress pre- sented him with a sword hecause of his distinguished ser the Thames, killed Tecumseh. Johnson, was a ices at the bat- He personally Some crude and oruel person in Washington has just made an inter esting discovery. He has learned there are just three nations in the world that are not included in the League of Nations. The three are | Mexico, Soviet Ruseia and the United | States of Ameri This is a rather incidenice, inasmuch as the United States of America, through Mr. | Kellogg, Secretary of State, openly is | accusing Mexico and Soviet Russia of plotting_against the United States. Soviet Russia, if State Department reports are to be trusted, is using | Mexico, or planning to use Mexico, or | hopes to use Mexico, as a base for operations against the United States or against the influence of the United | ates in the Western Hemisphere. There is- more or less of a haze about the whole proceedings, but it is claimed Europe is having at least a smile at the thought of the United States belng embroiled with her sister states outside the League. Europe would do just that. There has even heen a suggestion from overseas that birds of a feather flock together, but these jibes and bits of lampoonery will have no effect upon the deter- mination of the present administra tion to have nothing to do League or with the World Court. Fifty-six nations are listed as mem- bers of the League, although Brazil and Spain have resigned. Neither resignation can he accepted or become effective until the expiration of two vears, and the council of the League has hoped that both nations will re- consider. Argentina also once re- signed from the League, but has taken steps to re-enter and is regarded as a member. interesting co- is 50 in ly Fim Senator Borah, opposed bitterly to the League of Nations, has been the open friend of Soviet’ Russia for a number of vears and has fought in vain to have the Soviet recognized by the United Statés, In the present in- stance Mr. Borah thinks the State De. partment {s drawing entirely er- roneous deductions from Soviet mani- festos and Soviet statesmanship. Senator Borah hates the rattling of sabers. He was largely instrumental in bringing about the Washington arms conference of 1921 and is de- sirous of obtaining further disarma- ment of the world. The senior Sen ator from ldaho thinks the State De. partment's recent acts in Nicaragua and Mexico are tantamount to threats of war, and he believes far more could be accomplished by peaceful pene- tration. All of Washington is wondering just how to reconcile diplomatic demon- 10 According to his own aceount, as handed down in the family, the attacking army was on both sides of a marsh, and the In- dians’ only hope of escape was to wade along the stretch of marsh land. Te- cumseh was mounted on a dun-col- ored stud pony and Johnson on a big white« horse.. Because of his short legs the pony became mired and Te- cumseh had to dismount to save him- self. As he threw himself off the pony he saw Johnson riding toward n n strations declarations of “no more money of appropriation for the Army no one belleves actual asmuch volvad in the present disputes the exception of Nicaragua, is her of the League of Natioi tanglements from that source are to be anticipated. The constituted gov- of force with executive for “a minimum " but force will be aval construction” and ecessary in any direction. a® noné of the nations in- with mem- , no en- | the murder of Gov with the | | like it And, in-| MEN AND AFFAIRS BY ROBERT T. SMALL. ernment of Nicaragua as recognized by the United States is entirely satis fied and would not attempt to com plain to the League against Mexico 50 long as the United States remains triendly. Senator Horah is not alone in his advocacy of Soviet recognition among the Senators. Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana is also active in behalf of the constituted government of Russia. But it is another of the queer_incidents of politics that Sen ator Borah, who first came to na tional fame through his prosecution of “Rig Bill" Haywood. charged with Steunenburg of Idaho. should now, in a way, be as sociated with Haywoed in the up building of the Soviet regime. Hay wood's position is more or less indef nite at this time. One of the last re ports to come from Russia plctured him as dying. ok ok ok Robert F. Wolfe, newspaper pub- lisher and banker, who met death through a fall from a building at Columbue, Ohio. the past week, was A many-sided man. In addition te the substantial gifts he always was making, he liked little personal at- tentions. If you admired a necktie he was wearing, he would take you out and buy you one exactly like ft. One of hiz hobbies was to buy hats for all of his feminine relatives and for the relatives of his friends. Dur. ing one of his trips to New York he would buy as many as 40 or 50 hats and invariably each woman reciplent was delighted with her gift. It is the rarest thing in the world ever to please a woman with a bit of unseen millinery. Women have so much dif- ficulty in selecting a hat they regard as becoming when they have an en tire stock to choose from, it seemed little short of a miracle that “Beb" WoNe could make the proper selec tion for so many different types and ages and complexions. He once con fided his secret to the writer. “I go to the head of the millinery department of a big department store in New York. I describe the varlous women as best 1 can and the head of the department makes the selections. It is very simple.” ® % X % “Bob" Wolfe was much intrigued by a visit he paid to a friend in Virginia a few years ago. He stop ped over during 'a motor trip to New York with a party of friends. Being something of a farmer himself, he was interested in everything about the place until finally he came to a little building out in the yard. It was a minfature apartment with drawing room, bedroom, tiled bath and “all modern improvements. Bob had never seen anything quite He went to his host. “What ?" he asked. “Cook trap," replied the host. “I found I couldn’t keep a decent cook any other way than to build a separate house as fine as my own. There is the trap and it works like a charm. (Covyright. 1927.) beautiful him on the big white horse and fired, the bullet passing through Johnson's clothing and making a flesh wound Then he grabbed the bridle of John- son’s horse and swung at him with his tomahawk just as Johnson dis- charged his pistol, killing the famous Fifty Years Ago ized interest i Gilbert, look be: and ‘mul mals. will be shown committ vear. priations national s comparable it for 8 years. Indian chief. This historic incident is memaorial- in a monument at the State | capital, Frankfort, Ky. In his work on the appropriations committee Ben many showed that when Richard M. John- son was In Congress he was especially interested good road from Washington to Balti- more and on to St. Louis. Summer he found the real reason for this interest in highway develop- ment disclosed in a_thick volume of Kentucky history, which showed tha when Richard M. Johnson read old records, wh! in appropriations for Only t and * ok ok K Apropos of the plans for develop. ing Botanlc Garden here that will be unsurpassed anvwhere in the world, and applying aifo to the administra: tion's plans for establishing a_great arboretum on Hamilton tract, Representative Ralph Democrat, member of the House committee on the Library, has given his colleagues this little talk on love of nature: “Perhaps It is due to my country influence and look upon a tree as grander than a monument of stone, and a flower as more beautiful than a work of art. Those who have had much in the past to do with beautifying the District, perhaps influenced was new and in a wonderful natural environment of beauty, have empha- sized their efforts in stone rather than in plants and flowers. “Everything in this world and in this life is not measured by money. If it is the amount of money we get out of it, perhaps nothing, but you get the same good out of it that you would in looking at a great picture or anything else that inspires you to of Kentucky, environment ond the mere dollar. les? this fiseal The Army in ce. cemeteries, capital in the old country the United States has gardens of this kind, many times more expensive than ours.” with * ok ok % Where is Uncle Sam to get horses The Army allowance is 26,000 horses and 17,624 mules—a total There will be on hand at the close of 38,461 of these ani appropriation bill provides for purchase of 500 horses and 725 mules next year, so that by the end of the next fiscal year there 20,700 mules, or a total of 32,755, making a shortage of 10,869. of more than a half million dollars i§ provided for the acquisition and keep of 1,500 more horses and 725 more mules as a substantial step in the right direction. year, horses _and e The ravages of war are tellingly that are trickling through the appropriations We have 93 national in Europe. Provision is made for 17,200 more headstones during the coming fiscal Because artificial jssued on a three-year schedule, a “het, decrease in this item of $33,650 for the mext fiscal year, which is some statistics including 8 wi | Johnson and his | brother “Jim” were in Congress they | operated A stage-coach Washington. Representative Ben Johnson has never had Democratic opposition but once, and then out of 316 voting pre- cincts he carried 315. there are 13 counties, 7 of which are Republican, and three times he car- ried all 13 counties against Repub- lican opposition. He was on the House District com- mittee for 14 years, and chairman of For the last 6 years he has been a member of the appro- committee Democrat on the War Department ap- | propriations subcommittee, | “I am away behind on hunting and fishing and must catch up,” said Mr. Johnson, when asked how he is going to spend the time when he quits at the close of the present Copgress, line from In his district ranking the . Mount that T the fact that ft of 43,624, 12,055 A blanket fund limbs are In The Star As the’ date for the opening of the electoral votes in Congress drew The Proposed March | o roneion on Washington. ith ich increased in W a shington and elsewhere. The situation was far from being clear, and the possibilities of conflict between rival administra- tions were by no means discounted. In The Star of January 9, 1877, is the following: “The Washington correspondent of the Boston Herald sends the following to that paper under date of January 7: *“A prominent Democrat offers the tollowing statement tonight: The mass conventions of Democrats, to be held tomorrow in Columbus, Ohio; Indian- apolis, Ind., and Springfield, IIL, will be the largest and most enthusiastic political gatherings ever known in these States. The program of the managers of these meetings is to pass resolutions tomorrow _recommending that 10,000 to 15,000 Democrats from each of these three States assemble in Washington on the 13th of February for the purpose of memorializing Con- gress in person for an equitable deci- sion of the presidential question. They propose to have here on that day not les¢ than 50,000 Democrats from vari- | ous parts of the country, but chiefly from these three Western States. This plan_has been carefully discussed by the . Western Democratic leaflers, and they are fully determined to carry it out, unless Congrese shall in the mean- time adopt some rule for the counting of the electoral vote which will oper- ate in advance as a decision of the question in favor of Mr. Tilden. Propositions have been received here from varfous parts of the South to have such delegations of Democrats present here on that day. but it has been thought best to counsel them to remain at home and to have the as- semblage made up from the West and North. The gentleman who makes the statement says that this great body of the Democracy will come to Washing- ton unarmed, but with the intention of making their presence felt at the time when the electoral vote is counted. They propose, he says, if the House of Representatives is to be arrested on account of any action it may take. to be witnesses of the proceedings. The result of this program, if carried out, will be to bring here the most enor- mous political gathering the Capital has ever held.’ “The telegraphic reports from the different States where meetings were held yesterday do not so far show that resolutions recommending this march of the Democrats upon Washington were adopted, but Representative Wat- terson of Kentucky in his speech at the Opera House meeting yesterday made a remark that indicated that such a purpose had been contemplated. He said: - “'T expect to see here.on the day the vote is to be counted a hundred thousand unarmed citizens, exercising in tneir persons the freeman’s right of petition and giving the honest Repub- licans of both houses of Congress two guarantees—one that the people want only what is right, the other they will accept nothing that is wrong. - In other words. the presidential vote shall be counted precisely as it always has been, and not by the President of the Senate, who has no power what- ever except to open the certificates. | It Mr. Hayes has a majority, he is the lawful President. If neither Mr. Hayes nor Mr. Tilden has a majority, | then the House elects. But it Mr. Til- den has a majority, then—and this as “Old Hickory” would put it and mean it—by the eternal, he shall be in- augurated.’ “It may be that resolutions of the kind were really adopted and have not | heen reported by telegraph, or it may | be that on sober second thought it was held to be imprudent or impolitic to recommend a move upon Washington of this kind. The Boston Herald, com- menting upon the above dispatch, a his a boy .or soclety. to builld on and to supplement the training in the home by adding to this background a facility” of a body of knowledge a mind that will make the ‘)rl a valuable memper of /' tCoyrieht. 1027, K # says bluntly: ‘Democrats who go to Washington on the 14th of February will do a fool- ich thing. Honest people can find something to do at home, while office- seekers and party blowers can do no gnod by going to the Capital to talk politics and excite each other. A nd | This and That By Charles E. Tracewell, Cats and musical instruments make an interesting study in the household. The kitten on the keys has been |the subject of both painting and music, one recent composer of popular tunes having so named a jazz com position. One of the old masters wrote a “cat fugue." Ordinarily, house cats pay no par- ticular attention to the music of the phonograph or radio, except when orchestra bells are struck, when sometimes they prick up their ears. The cat Jack Spratt dislikes the harmonica, as it comes over radio, and looks at the loud speaker as if meditating assault upon it. For a short time, following the purchase of a loud speaker with a more natural tone, Jack manifested some interest at the interruption of the speaking voice, but this was no more than his human friends did, for the voice was startlingly realistie. Jack objects decidedly to the violin, especially to the higher notes on the E string. When these are played he will meow vigorously, in a pleading sort of way, yet get as close to the instrument as possible. The mandolin he ignores completely. ek Jack’s favorite instrument, we have just discovéred, is the ukulele. Evidently the. soft sound of its strummed strings strikes him as some sort of purring. Recently we unlimbered from a closet an ancient “uke” which had been reposing there for exactly 13 years and 2 months. In our so-called ‘salad days” we were an ardent devotee of this little instrument, al though we could neither sing, hum nor whistle. Our ablility, too, upon the ukulele is decidedly out of luck when he can- not do one or the other, either whistle, sing, or, at least, hum. He must content himself with mentally humming the melodies; and if have ever tried singing mentally, ¥ know it is quite tiring upon the brain. Our ability, too, upon the ukulele was not what it might have been, nor what we wished it to be. After mastering the fundamental chords in the keys of C, G and F, we were at a standstill, so far as the fingers of our left hand were concerned. Then, too, the various strokes with the right hand did not come as easily as they might have done. When one is instructing himself upon a fretted musical instrument, he invariably finds that the proper use of the right hand offers the chief diiculty. One may learn more about the dif ferent strokes upon the ukulele, the roll, the regular, the rag-time, and o on, in half an hour from one proficient in them than from any amount of study whatsoever from a book. The straw that broke the camel's back, however, was a trip we made down Ninth street, one Sunday morn- ing, carrying the “‘uke” in the right hand. in all innocence. The strong, manly characters of this thoroughfare objected. and in ne small way, to our carrying so effete an instrument in broad daylight, and so convincing were their argument: that we placed the “uke” away for"' what we thought was forever. % R Forever, however, sometimes turn¢ out to be only 13 years and 2 months. So we have our ukulele out again and if vou are in Esstee alley som¢ Sunday morning. you may hear fts roaring hum, principally in the kevs of C, G and F, still our favorites. (They are the easiest to play.) Jack Spratt, reformed alley cat, hops upon our lap, when we play the ukulele, and nestles down with his ear as close to the sound hole as possible. Then he sets up a mighty purring, which we endeavor to accompany as best we may, with chords from our three keys. We hope to be able to an- nounce at a later day just which key Jack meows in. — Passing the Buck. From the Omaha Evening World-Herald Scotland Yard suspects American robbers have {nvaded Londan. Ws must hope it catches them.” We can't, i